Renowned Indian-origin foreign policy scholar and defence strategist Ashley J Tellis has been arrested in the United States for allegedly unlawfully retaining classified national defence information, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Tellis, 64, currently a senior fellow and Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was taken into custody over the weekend following a federal investigation into his handling of restricted government material. Authorities allege that Tellis violated 18 USC § 793(e), which prohibits unauthorised possession or retention of defence-related documents.

Investigators are reportedly examining claims that Tellis removed classified documents from secure locations and had meetings wit

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